United States v. Cruz Roberto Alaniz

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
United States v. Cruz Roberto Alaniz, 79 F. App'x 950 (8th Cir. 2003)

United States v. Cruz Roberto Alaniz

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Cruz Roberto Alaniz challenges the sentence the district court 1 imposed after he *951 pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. The district court sentenced him to 121 months imprisonment and 5 years supervised release. On appeal, Mr. Alaniz’s counsel has moved to withdraw and filed a brief under Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), arguing that the district court erred in assessing criminal history points for a sentence arising from an “expunged” Texas conviction.

After careful review, we find the district court’s decision to assess criminal history points for the Texas sentence was consistent with the Guidelines. Under both the terms of the Texas discharge order and Texas law, the discharge was not an ex-pungement, and the discharge order indicates that the Texas conviction was set aside for reasons unrelated to Alaniz’s factual or legal innocence. See U.S.S.G. § 4A1.2, comment, (n.10); Cuellar v. Texas, 70 S.W.3d 815, 818 (Tex.Crim.App. 2002).

Following our independent review of the record, see Penson v. Ohio, 488 U.S. 75, 80, 109 S.Ct. 346, 102 L.Ed.2d 300 (1988), we find no other nonfrivolous issues. Accordingly, the judgment is affirmed. We also grant counsel’s motion to withdraw.

1

. The Honorable Richard G. Kopf, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.

Reference

Full Case Name
UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Cruz Roberto ALANIZ, Appellant
Status
Unpublished